As Rohde & Schwarz USA continues to grow its U.S. portfolio and strengthen its domestic technology footprint, we are looking for a Technology Strategy and Growth Manager to help define what comes next. Leveraging the company’s long history of innovation and increasing U.S.-based engineering, design, and production capabilities, this role will guide product and solution strategy in alignment with customer priorities and business growth objectives. The position will translate strategic direction into actionable innovation and growth plans across our Technology Systems portfolio, including secure communications, SIGINT, spectrum management, RF sensing, artificial intelligence, and software automation for federal customers such as DoD, DHS, and FAA. This strategic individual contributor role will work closely with both R&D and business development.
Your tasks

• Develop product and solution strategies aligned with U.S. federal customer requirements that complement the R&S technology portfolio.
• Engage customer stakeholders to understand, shape, and influence market, mission, and acquisition needs.
• Ensure product development and investment roadmaps reflect customer priorities, competitive differentiation, funding pathways, and procurement timelines.
• Assess emerging technologies for mission relevance, investment value, and integration into customer-focused solutions.
• Connect growth initiatives to demonstrations, pilots, prototypes, programs, contract vehicles, BAAs, OTAs, and other opportunity channels.
• Monitor budget, policy, mission, and procurement trends across relevant government agencies and translate those insights into actionable product, partnership, M&A, and growth recommendations.
  

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in technical business development, product management, solution strategy, or technology strategy within the U.S. government market.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. government funding and acquisition mechanisms, especially within DoD, DHS, FAA, and related agencies.
• Expertise in one or more relevant technology domains, including secure comms, SIGINT, spectrum management, RF sensing, AI, software architecture and automation.
• Demonstrated success of taking early-stage product development and transitioning technology into funded programs or operational use.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills, with the ability to work credibly across R&D, engineering, sales and business development, and executive leadership in a matrixed environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare strategic business cases, customer-facing materials, DoDAF-style models, technical white papers, and market analyses.
• Ability to travel up to 30% domestically, with occasional international travel.
• To be considered, candidates must be U.S. Persons able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance.
  

Interested?
We are looking forward to receiving your application!
The total compensation for this position is $179K-$230K. Total compensation includes base salary, variable pay (when applicable) plus benefits. The range is determined by the position, geographic location and level. Individual pay within the range is determined by several factors including location, education or training, relevant work history, sales incentive structure and job-related skills.
Rohde & Schwarz is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age or any other characteristic protected by law.
Rohde & Schwarz is a global technology company with approximately 14,000 employees and three divisions: Test & Measurement, Technology Systems and Networks & Cybersecurity. For 90 years, the company has been developing cutting-edge technology, pushing the boundaries of what is technically possible and enabling customers from various sectors such as business, government and public authorities to maintain their technological sovereignty.
Our offer

• Flexible working hour models
• Training & continuing education
• Privately owned company
• Promoting innovation
• Long-term & attractive work environment